Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto, Metals and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.66%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 6.19% or 17.55 points to trade at 302.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 6.31% or 423.75 points to end at 7135.45 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) was up 6.67% or 14.20 points to 225.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which fell 3.98% or 28.65 points to trade at 690.90 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 3.37% or 11.10 points to end at 318.40 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was down 1.74% or 42.75 points to 2423.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 6.37% to 7136.80, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was up 6.29% to settle at 190.00 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 6.04% to close at 225.75.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 3.29% to 319.10 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.28% to settle at 1909.80 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 0.65% to 662.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1039 to 562 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1538 rose and 1023 declined, while 134 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.01% to 18.2300.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1236.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.25% or 0.16 to hit $63.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $73.00 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.77% to 72.535, while EUR/INR fell 0.97% to 82.9880.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 95.87.